Crystal Mountains National Park

Crystal Mountains National Park
Parc National des Monts de Cristal
IUCN category II (national park)
Monts de Cristal twin national park
Location	Gabon
Coordinates	0.805°N 10.16°E / 0.805; 10.16
Area	1,200 km2 (460 sq mi)
Established	2002
Governing body	National Agency for National Parks

Crystal Mountains National Park (French: Parc National des Monts de Cristal) is a twin park and one of the 13 national parks of Gabon. It is situated in the Monts de Crystal on the western edge of the Woleu-Ntem Plateau, between Equatorial Guinea and the Ogooué River. The twin parks, Mbe National Park and Mt Sene National Park, were established on 4 September 2002, based on their exceptionally high plant biodiversity and forming part of a former Pleistocene rain forest refugium.

The park is home to many animal species such as elephants or monkeys, and hundreds of species of butterflies can be found here, some of which are very rare, such as euphaedra brevis, cymothoe or graphium angrier.

External links

• Wildlife Conservation Society
• Virtual Tour of the National Parks